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Health / Urban Climate-Health Action

Urban Climate-Health Action

Current Initiative

Overview

While the causes of climate change are global, the health impacts are inherently local. Facing acute climate shocks and chronic stresses, cities are first-line responders for public health preparedness, surveillance and response.

One-half of the world’s population lives in cities, with this figure increasing to 70% by 2050. In low and middle-income countries, the pace of urbanization is even faster. Further, those in concentrated poverty and without access to health and social services are disproportionately vulnerable, resulting in profound inequities in climate risk.

City leaders need the right information at the right time to understand how and when their health systems and populations will be impacted by a changing climate.

The Rockefeller Foundation is supporting integrated, multi-sectoral, and multidisciplinary approaches that can unlock the ability of a city to access, interpret, and act on climate information to save lives now and in the future.

Why it Matters

Climate change is compounding the critical, preexisting health inequities that exist in urban areas. As urbanization is likely to outpace the development of climate-resilient infrastructure and systems, cities are unprepared to adapt to a warming world.
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    of cities indicate “strong coordination” between city departments, according to the Urban Pulse survey

Featured Content

  • Launched at New York Climate Week 2024, this policy report outlines a three-step roadmap to help cities around the world more effectively plan for, and respond to, the global health emergency caused by climate change. These insights are informed by seven pioneering case studies of climate-informed health action at local, national, and global levels.
  • Conducted by Yale University and the Resilient Cities Network, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, this survey provides critical insights. Of nearly 200 city leaders in 118 cities in 52 countries, 70% of city leaders recognize climate-related health threats, and over 90% report economic losses from such events. Despite this, few cities have emergency response plans that use reliable climate data, and only 20% have strong inter-departmental coordination.

Case Studies

Pioneering city-led initiatives have already made an impact on the lives and well-being of urban dwellers across the world.